PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Darius Badolato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Leopold Stotch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Badolato comes to the cage accompanied by Nneka - Heartbeat. Stotch has chosen boom baby as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Badolato
vs
Stotch

180 cm
26
200 lbs
6 - 2 - 0

191 cm
23
202 lbs
8 - 4 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Darius Badolato!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leopold Stotch!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stotch stuffs the takedown.
Badolato throws a predictable looking body shot
and Stotch counters with an outside leg kick.
Stotch misses with a straight left.
Stotch scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Badolato jabs Stotch to the body, keeping him at a distance.

Stotch closes the distance and clinches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stotch.
Stotch lands a right hand.
Stotch working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stotch blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stotch.
Badolato blocking some punches.
Stotch pushes Badolato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Badolato swings wildly with an uppercut but Stotch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Badolato has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Stotch avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Badolato's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Stotch tries to land a knee to the head but Badolato blocks with his arms.
Stotch tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Badolato's elbow.
Badolato blocking some punches.
Badolato misses with a short punch on the inside.
Badolato doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stotch swings wildly with an uppercut but Badolato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stotch has a couple of punches blocked by Badolato.
Stotch makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Badolato.
Badolato swings wildly with an uppercut but Stotch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stotch misses with the head strike.
Stotch lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Badolato backwards.
Badolato working aggressively here.
Stotch lands a nice uppercut.

It looks like Darius Badolato has been cut.
A short uppercut from Stotch.
Stotch lands with a right to the head.
Stotch blocking some punches.
Stotch working aggressively here.
Stotch is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darius Badolato. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Badolato lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Stotch unloads a knee to the mid-section. Badolato lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stotch lands an uppercut.
Stotch misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stotch connects with a nasty looking knee right to Badolato's face.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Badolato looking to throw knees to the head but Stotch is blocking nicely.
A short right from Stotch.
Badolato throws a punch but it's blocked by Stotch.
Stotch lands a right hand.
Stotch lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Badolato swings wildly with an uppercut but Stotch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Badolato is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Stotch pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Stotch lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Badolato backwards.
A short right from Stotch.

Badolato is rocked!
Stotch lands an uppercut.
Oh Badolato is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Stotch lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Badolato or not.
Badolato is breathing heavily.
Stotch creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Badolato with a big uppercut! Badolato tries to clinch up but Stotch pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Badolato to the mat! Badolato covers up and Stotch unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Leopold Stotch!
A very excited looking Leopold Stotch made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.